Ardem Patapoutian
@ardemp.bskyverified.social
Scripps Research Professor. HHMI Investigator. Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 2021. Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
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Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.
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New @science.org study from @ardemp.bskyverified.social’s lab, co-authored by @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social, shows how PIEZO proteins sense stretch and pressure in the uterus to help coordinate labor, while connexin 43 synchronizes muscle activity across cells.
Scripps Research study reveals how uterine contractions are regulated by stretch and pressure during childbirth
www.scripps.edu
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New @science.org study from @ardemp.bskyverified.social’s lab, co-authored by @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social, shows how PIEZO proteins sense stretch and pressure in the uterus to help coordinate labor, while connexin 43 synchronizes muscle activity across cells.
Personal apologies to everyone who came to “sunny” San Diego for #SfN2025.🌧️😱
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Personal apologies to everyone who came to “sunny” San Diego for #SfN2025.🌧️😱
And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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If you’re coming to #SfN2025, check out the San Diego Symphony while you’re here in their gorgeous renovated hall close to the convention Ctr. Great programs! I’ll be at the concerts on Nov 15, 22, and 23 (w labbies). Come say hi if you spot me there.
www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-even...
www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-even...
Upcoming San Diego Symphony Performances
www.sandiegosymphony.org
October 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you’re coming to #SfN2025, check out the San Diego Symphony while you’re here in their gorgeous renovated hall close to the convention Ctr. Great programs! I’ll be at the concerts on Nov 15, 22, and 23 (w labbies). Come say hi if you spot me there.
www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-even...
www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-even...
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Scripps Research Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social was featured on @scifri.bsky.social, where he reflected on the biology of touch, his early career path in science, and why he believes great scientists are practical dreamers who balance bold ideas with scientific rigor.
Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian immigrated to the US, found belonging in science, and did groundbreaking work on sense of touch.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Scripps Research Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social was featured on @scifri.bsky.social, where he reflected on the biology of touch, his early career path in science, and why he believes great scientists are practical dreamers who balance bold ideas with scientific rigor.
Interesting to compare the “Big spenders”. www.science.org/content/arti...
Also this quote: Bargmann “recounts that when she took the CZI job in 2016, HHMI head Erin O’Shea offered a warning. “She said, ‘I just want you to know that my job is easier than your job, because Howard Hughes is dead.’”
Also this quote: Bargmann “recounts that when she took the CZI job in 2016, HHMI head Erin O’Shea offered a warning. “She said, ‘I just want you to know that my job is easier than your job, because Howard Hughes is dead.’”
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Interesting to compare the “Big spenders”. www.science.org/content/arti...
Also this quote: Bargmann “recounts that when she took the CZI job in 2016, HHMI head Erin O’Shea offered a warning. “She said, ‘I just want you to know that my job is easier than your job, because Howard Hughes is dead.’”
Also this quote: Bargmann “recounts that when she took the CZI job in 2016, HHMI head Erin O’Shea offered a warning. “She said, ‘I just want you to know that my job is easier than your job, because Howard Hughes is dead.’”
"Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome": Check this out @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ard...
Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian immigrated to the US, found belonging in science, and did groundbreaking work on sense of touch.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome": Check this out @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ard...
RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.
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I have always loved the phrase:
“When you make it to the end zone, act like you have been there before.”
“When you make it to the end zone, act like you have been there before.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I have always loved the phrase:
“When you make it to the end zone, act like you have been there before.”
“When you make it to the end zone, act like you have been there before.”
😳😳😳
The 1st pregnancy via A.I. detected sperm (by finding 5 motile sperm in 2.5 million images) from a 39-year-old man with infertility.
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First clinical pregnancy following AI-based microfluidic sperm detection and recovery in non-obstructive azoospermia
Male factor infertility accounts for up to 40% of infertility cases,1 with azoospermia
and cryptozoospermia (conditions characterised by absent or extremely rare sperm in
the ejaculate) comprising app...
thelancet.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
😳😳😳
I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?
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A cartoon by @chappatte.bsky.social. #GlobeCartoons
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A cartoon by @chappatte.bsky.social. #GlobeCartoons
This is heartbreaking 💔 to read. Thank you 🙏 for sharing this with us. I want to apologize to you on behalf of real Americans. It’s a painful reminder that we must keep resisting these harmful policies so we don’t lose more people like @wwenneuro.bsky.social, whom we spent over a decade training.
After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is heartbreaking 💔 to read. Thank you 🙏 for sharing this with us. I want to apologize to you on behalf of real Americans. It’s a painful reminder that we must keep resisting these harmful policies so we don’t lose more people like @wwenneuro.bsky.social, whom we spent over a decade training.
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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
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Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
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Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP) Monday
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
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October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP) Monday
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
“It could always be worse” somehow cheers me up (don’t judge my coping mechanism). It feels especially relevant while watching this administration mess with health policies and NIH funding. Things are bad, but they’ll get worse if we don’t stay united and keep resisting.
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“It could always be worse” somehow cheers me up (don’t judge my coping mechanism). It feels especially relevant while watching this administration mess with health policies and NIH funding. Things are bad, but they’ll get worse if we don’t stay united and keep resisting.
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good grief.
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
good grief.
Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.
I read somewhere that Bluesky is like a dry wedding... harsh!
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I read somewhere that Bluesky is like a dry wedding... harsh!
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Tune in virtually Oct 27–28 for the 2025 Welch Conference—which includes Dr. Peter Schultz & Dr. Stuart Schreiber! Hosted by Dr. Kevan Shokat, with leading scientists exploring “New Horizons in Drug Discovery.”
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tune in virtually Oct 27–28 for the 2025 Welch Conference—which includes Dr. Peter Schultz & Dr. Stuart Schreiber! Hosted by Dr. Kevan Shokat, with leading scientists exploring “New Horizons in Drug Discovery.”
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8
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This nutty, chocolately, earthy, fishy coffee is made from beans eaten and excreted by civet cats
go.nature.com/3WY1VI9
go.nature.com/3WY1VI9
This luxury ‘cat poo’ coffee has a unique flavour: what’s behind it?
Civet cats enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds.
go.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This nutty, chocolately, earthy, fishy coffee is made from beans eaten and excreted by civet cats
go.nature.com/3WY1VI9
go.nature.com/3WY1VI9